Speed-regulating apparatus



S U T A R9 Al 9 Nm N Ym FMW A RL 3 m 2 5 Apr. 10, 1923 INVENTDR ATT URNEY Patented Apr. 1 0,; 1923.

UNITED STATES 1,451,502 PATENT orFicE.

VALERIE). FYNN, OI ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, 'I O WAGNER ELECTRIC CORPORATION, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION 01' DELAWARE.

SPEED-REGULATING APPARATUS.

Application filed July 5,

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALisRn A. F YNN, a subject of the King of England, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri,

United States of America, have invented a certainlnew and useful Speed-Regulatin 'Apparatus, of which the following is sue a full, clear, and exact description as will enable any one skilled in the art to which 1 it appertains to makeanduse the same, ref- I erence being ings, formin part of this specification.

My invention relates to speed controlling systems for prime movers, particularly for I internal combustion engines which make use on an electromagnetic control for the supply of energy to the throttle valve of the prime mover, In systems of this kind, the electromagnetic throttle valve controller is usually in circuit with a generator driven by the prime mover and the regulation is generally the closer the more rapidly the terminal voltage or the current output of said generator changes with changing speed. In

order to secure this rapid change, it is desirable to make use of some kind of compound generator. When a generator of this type is used in conjunction with a storage battery, it readilyv happens that the polarity of the generator is reversed, thus causing same to generate an E. M. F. in the same direction as that of the storage battery. This reversal is all the more likely to occur when the speed of the prime mover is adjusted by adjusting the excitation of the generator as is usual. This condition is un desirable and it is the object of this invention to prevent such reversal. My invention is therefore applicable to battery charging generators as well as to speed controlling systems in which a battery and generator are used.

In; carrying out my invention, I derive from the armature of the generator an E. M. E, the magnitude of which depends on the current output of said generator and on its speed, and I provide means, controlled by this E. M. R, which prevent the reversal in uestion, either by reducing the resistance 59 in t e field circuit, or by shortclrcuiting the series winding in case an ordinary compound.

generator is used.

My invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanying drawings in 555 which Figs. 1 and 2 show my invention as had to the accompanying draw{ 1919. Serial No. 308,868.

applied to a compound generator of the Sayers, or three brush type, while Fig. 3 illustrates its application to an ordinary compound wound generator.

Referring to Fig. 1, the prime mover drives the shaft 2 on which is mounted the armature 3 of the generator. This armature is provided with'main brushes 4, 5 located in, or near the neutral zone as is usual, and with an auxiliary brush 6. In normal operation the voltage between this auxiliary brush and one of the main brushes will increase with increasing load and speed, while the voltage between said auxiliary brush and the other main brush will decrease under the same conditions. The exciting winding 7 is connected between that main brush 4 between which the E. M. F. increases with load and speed, and an adjustable resistance 8 is included in this exciting circuit. A normally closed relay 9, 1O, 11 is connected to shortcircuit a part of the adjustable resistance 8 and the exciting coil 11 of said relay is connected to the brushes 4 and 6, with the interposition of'a resistance 23 having a high temperature coeflicient.

The electromagnetic controller 13 is here shown in the form of a series motor coupled by means of the shaft 19 to the throttle valve 15 which is normally held open by the spring 16. This controller is connected in circuit with the storage battery 12 and the main brushes 4 and 5 of the generator.

The operation of this device is as follows: When the prime mover is being started, or after it has been started. the switch 24 may be closed. If the generator 3 is at rest or revolving at a slow speed, the battery will discharge through it and the voltage across the brushes 4 and 6 will be smaller than the battery voltage. The relay coil 11 is so proportioned that this voltage will not open the short circuit around part of the adjustable resistance 8 and the excitation of the generator will. in consequence, be such as to prevent reversal, even though the movable contact cooperating with this resistance is in that extreme position in which all of said resistance is included in the circuit of the winding 7, or would be so included if it were not for the shortcircuiting relay 9, 10. As

the speed increases. the discharge current falls to zero and the generator begins to charge the battery. The controller operates the auxiliary brush 6 and between certain values of this charging current, closing the valve 15 with increasing charging current. Provided the generator does not reverse, the E. M. F. at the brushes 4:, 6 will not vary greatly until the generator begins to deliver a charging current. illthough the discharge current stand still may be large, yet the speed is then zero and the E. M. F. at the brushes 4., 6 is only such as can be impressed on these brushes by the battery 12. As the speed charge current decreases and this prevents the speed M. T5. at the brushes d, 6 from rising materially. W hen the generator is charging the battery, the speed always considerable and the ll. at the brushes l, 6 due to the armature current and speed quickly rises. T he coil 11 is so adjusted as to openthe shortcircuit around a portion of the adjustable resistance 8 a little before the charging currentreaches the value at which the electromagnetic controller begins to opcrate. As soon as this occurs, the excitation is entirely determined by the position of the movable contact cooperating with 8 and the prime mover assumes the speed corresponding to the position of said contact Should the engine get overloaded and the speed drop to an extent suilicient to reduce the charging current to a value well below the lowest at which the electromagnetic controller begins he voltage at thebrushes low value and the coil 11 9 thus shortcircuiting to respond, then t 4,6 also falls to a releases the armature part of the resistance 8 and boosting the charging current. As a matter of fact, the

armature 9 will vibrate under these conditions and the frequency of these vibrations will adjust itself so as to prevent the charging current from falling below'a predetermined value. x

' The relay 9, 10 can of course be so connected as to shortcircuit all of the regulating resistance 8, but it is better to shortcircuit just enough of this resistance to prevent. reversal, thus reducing the maximum voltage to be dealt with at the contacts of the relay. Because the voltage at the brushes 4;, 6 varies within very wide limits and the coil 11 must be set to open the shortcircuit at one-third, or perhaps one-fourth of the maximum voltage. it is advisable to connect in circuit with said coil a resistance such as 23-having a high temperature coeilicient and adjusted to prevent the current in 11 from exceeding a certain value; p

The arrangement shown in Fig. 2 difiers from that just described in that all of the regulating resistance 8 is shortcircuited by the relay and in that the relay operating voltage is taken from auxiliary brushes 6, 14 displaced by ninety electrical degrees from the main brushes 4, 5. In this arrangement the current through the armature 3 reverses,

but also d pendent on t armature our- .increases, the dis-- electric machine to I excitation of the generator,

menses rent and speed, being zero when the current or the speed is zero. The electromagnetic controller is here shown in the form of a solenoid.

' in Fig. 3 the exciting winding 7 is connected to the main brushes l, 5 with the interposition of an adjustable resistance 8 and operates like an ordinary shunt winding, but the machine carries a series exciting winding 22 in circuit with vthe storage battery 12 and the controller 13. The relay 9, it) normally short circuits the series winding 22, but when under the influence of speed and charging current, the voltage at the brushes 6, 14 reaches a predetermined value, the coil 11 interrupts this shortcircult and renders the series winding operative. Theadjustments are so made that the shortcircuit around 22 is interrupted at all speeds by a charging current which is a little lower than that at which the electromagnetic controller begins to operate. lit is obvious that the higher the speed for which the generator is sctby means of the adjustable resistance 8, the lower the charging current valueat which the shortcircuit around 22 will be interrupted. in Fig. 3 is shown a cranking motor 20 controlled by a starting switch 21, which motor can be used to build the prime mover up to speed.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

machine, means for driving said machine, a storage battery connected to the dynamo be charged thereby, and means for controlling the excitation otthe dynamo to prevent permanent reversal of its polarity. c

2. The combination of a dynamo electric machine, means for driving said machine, a storage battery connected to the dynamo electric machine to be charged thereby, and means controlled by the'product of speed and current output of said dynamo to prevent reversal of polarity of the dynamo.

SJThe combination of a dynamo electric machine, storagebattery connected to the dynamo electric machine to be charged thereby, and means controlled by the product of the speed and charging current of the. dynamo for increasing the excitation of said dynamo to prevent said charging current fromfalling below a predetermined value.

4. The combination of a generator provided with an exciting circuit, a storage battery connected to .the generator to be charged thereby, and means controlling the said means comprising a controlling circuit connected to the generator armature along an axis dislaced from the axis of the circuit including the storage battery,

till

hit

1. The combination of a dynamo electric mg lid means for driving said machine, a ma 5. The combination of a generator provided with an exciting circuit, a storage battery connected to the generator to be charged thereby, means controlling the excitation of the generator, said means comprising a controiling circuit connected to the generator armature along an axis displaced from the axis of the circuit including the storage battery, and means controlled by said controlling circuit for varying the excitation of the generator.

6. The combination of a generator provided with an exciting circuit, a storage battery connected to the generator to be charged thereby, means controlling the excitation of the generator, said means comprising a controlling circuit connected to the generator armature along an axis displaced from the axis of the circuit includmg the storage battery, and a resistance in said controlling circuit having a high temperature coefficient. i

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal.

VALERE A. FYNN, [1,. s.] 

